<p>my brother is finishing up his 1st year at berkeley right now. he wants to get into the Hotel School at Cornell. Right now he is a pre-business major who would apply for Haas in 2nd year. is it possible to switch colleges after 1 year? and if so, how difficult to switch from Berkeley to Cornell? </p>
<p>i assume it will be tough since Cornell > UCB, since Cornell is an ivy league school</p>
<p>hotel school is NOT hard to transfer into, i think ur brother has a VERY good shot, good luck to him</p>
<p>As always when transferring, tell him to have a cautious opitimism. Nothing is a sure thing.</p>
<p>Well you didn't really mention his stats, but Berkeley is a good school so I'd say he should have a good shot if he qualifies.</p>
<p>zip, your assumption about Cornell being better than Berkeley is incorrect. As well, he'd be better off going to Haas than Hotel School at Cornell. That's an incredibly vocational and narrow type of major...</p>
<p>In any case, if he has good grades at Cal, he can definitely transfer into Cornell.</p>
<p>CalX, if zip's brother wants to enter the hospitality business, then it makes every sense that he would want to go to Cornell Hotel school.</p>
<p>Cornell's Hotel School is ranked #1 if I'm not mistaken.</p>
<p>Yes it is ranked #1 in the entire world...so...ya</p>
<p>yes he wants to enter hospitality business, he currently has a 3.8 at Berkeley.</p>
<p>a 3.8 at berkeley is phenomenal</p>
<p>I definitely think he is in good shape!</p>
<p>He can go <em>anywhere</em> he wants with a 3.8 at Cal.</p>
<p>Two issues with going to Cornell's hotel school:</p>
<p>1-it's a bit of a one-way street in terms of future career options. He can get hired by any hotel/hospitality business with a Haas degree (esp with a high GPA), but he won't be able to get into banking or general management with the kind of specialized degree a Hotel Mgmt bachelor is</p>
<p>2-Even if he wanted to go into the hotel business, he'd be better off going in with a broad basis of a general business degree, especially with some quantitative course like the ones in the ORMS program at Cal. I really strongly believe that is true.</p>
<p>"1-it's a bit of a one-way street in terms of future career options. He can get hired by any hotel/hospitality business with a Haas degree (esp with a high GPA), but he won't be able to get into banking or general management with the kind of specialized degree a Hotel Mgmt bachelor is"</p>
<p>Far from the truth!!! Students from the hotel school are (of course) the most sought after students for fields such as hotel management and restaurant management, however I know many students at the hotel school who are interested in a wide variety career choices. Though the degree will say "hotel management," the curriculum a student takes will say much more. I have a few friends at the hotel school who have done some sweet internships at top-5 iBanking firms. I know a few others who don't have specific plans to go into the hospitality business - they take courses in mostly managment since they can take classes at the hotel school, in Cornell's undergraduate business program, or at the Johnson school of management (undergrads can take grad management courses). </p>
<p>"2-Even if he wanted to go into the hotel business, he'd be better off going in with a broad basis of a general business degree, especially with some quantitative course like the ones in the ORMS program at Cal. I really strongly believe that is true"</p>
<p>I "strongly believe this is true as well" and Cornell's curriculum allows for this as well. A student is not limited to only hotel classes, they can take a large number of classes at any of the school at Cornell. This is great for the student who wants to explore more than just hotel managment and look at fields such as finance and HR. Heck, somebody could take all of their electives in the AEM school where undergraduate business is among the best.</p>
<p>Plus, if I'm not mistaken, you can have a "focus" in the hotel school such as real estate or finance or something else of the sort. I believe there are 5 "focuses"?</p>
<p>yes, you can 'focus' on half a dozen things. I forget what they are exactly as well.</p>